CS 490   Winter 2001      EXAM 1:   "What the heck is everyone else doing?"  (take home)

Handed out  Tues. 4/10/01
Due  Fri. 4/13/01
 

Instructions:   Just try to answer these questions!  Keep it short, type it up, and put it in the WebCT drop box.

• CAR:
1. (Mike R.'s question)  What does the car do that could NOT be done with WITHOUT a computer?  In other words, do we really need any stinking processor (on-board or the base station) to drive this thing, and why or why not?
2. Who is NOT on the car team? (but is in the class)
• TRILOBOT:
1. How long can the Tirlobot run (on avg.) with its new battery?
2. Describe one example of a behavior that WE have programmed, if any, this semester, which did NOT come with the TriloBot!
3. Where does it run?  (Which processor?)
• AMIGOBOT:
1. Which is faster, top speed, Trilobot or AmigoBot?
2. Describe one example of a behavior that WE have programmed, if any, this semester, which did NOT come with the AmigoBot!
3. Where does it run?  (Which processor?)
• TRUCK:
1. What is wrong with the truck?
2. Whose fault is it?
3. Is the truck the fastest 'bot we have (potentially)?
• GENERAL:
1. We now know have at least four different methods of steering:
1. Differential Speed, wheeled
2. Differential Speed, tracked
3. Ackerman Steering
4. Holonomic Drive
Name at least one example of each (from OUR 'bots!)
2. Which type of drive/steering is coolest?
3. Does Jim's rover follow ANY beacon at all?  If so, describe the beacon, and what Jim has to do to make the rover see it..
4. What is the most powerful processor we have on a rover, and who has it?